Cardi B has opened up about her anxiety and how it has affected her music career. In a recent interview with Complex, the rapper revealed that she has been afraid to drop new music “like a lot of music commenters and everything and a lot of people just be like, you know, ‘She’s afraid to drop an album, she’s afraid to drop music’.” She added that her fears have extended beyond music, saying “I was afraid to go live, I was afraid to post a picture, I was afraid to go to the club, and then the next day seeing people, what they going to say about me, and everything. I was afraid to do everything.”
One casualty of Cardi’s anxiety was her verse for Ice Spice’s ‘Munch’. Though she had teased the remix in 2022, Cardi has now revealed that she scrapped it because she “did not like how I sound. You know it being on a drill beat, it’s not as easy as it looks…I was like, ‘They’re gonna drag me and they’re going to drag the song bad’.” Despite this setback, Cardi is preparing to release her second album this year, vowing not to let her anxiety or criticism stop her.
In 2018, Cardi released her debut album ‘Invasion of Privacy’ to critical acclaim. In a four-star review, NME called it “a remarkably confident and compelling debut from a superstar who’s put in the graft.” Meanwhile, Ice Spice has also finished her album ‘Y2K’ and is expected to drop new music soon.
Cardi has previously spoken about how her anxiety affects her life, telling Harper’s Bazaar in 2019 that she often struggles with feeling “overwhelmed”. She has also been an advocate for mental health awareness, saying in a tweet that “it’s okay to feel nervous” and encouraging her followers to seek help if they need it
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